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The Bakerloo Line isn’t just one of London’s oldest Tube lines — it helped reshape working-class London.

When the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opened in 1906, London was overcrowded, unequal, and struggling to move millions of workers across the city. For many in Lambeth, Elephant & Castle, and northwest London, the Bakerloo Line offered something revolutionary: affordable mobility.

In this documentary, we explore how the Bakerloo Line connected industrial districts to employment hubs, supported suburban expansion, sheltered families during the Blitz, and influenced the geography of class in 20th-century London.

But did the railway truly transform working-class life — or were deeper economic forces at play?

As debate continues over the proposed Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham, this story feels more relevant than ever.